"We have brilliant surgeons and drugs - but we don't have the organs to do the jobs.
"But there's always hope - I've lived on my own for 20 years. Now I'm getting married next Easter and and I just want the chance to have a wonderful life with Alan. I'm so lucky to have him - he's fabulous. I guess it was just meant to be."
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